The Benevolent Burglary

"The Benevolent Burglary" is one of nine short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the twenty-first Saint book The Happy Highwayman published in 1939.

Plot
Simon Templar makes a bet with a mean-spirited art dealer that his collection will be stolen within a week of a gala opening, which sets Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Claud Eustace Teal after the Saint in order to prevent the crime.

Television adaptation
"The Benevolent Burglary" was adapted as an episode of The Saint TV series starring Roger Moore and was first broadcast during the show's second season on 26 December 1963.